Duplex stay for bucksaws



(No Model.)

0.. A. ROGERS. DUPLEX STAY FOR BUOKSAWS.

Patented Mar. 1, 1898;

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

OMAR A.- ROGERS, OF WEST UNION, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE H,MOTT, OF FAYETTE COUNTY, IOWA.

DUPLEX STAY FOR BUCKSAWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,795, dated March 1,1898.

Application filed October 19, 1897. Serial No. 655,749. (No model.)

To allwhom; it may concern.-

Be 'it known that I, OMAR A. ROGERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Union, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and useful Duplex Stays for Bucksaws, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved bucksaw-framethat is simple in construction and strong and durable and in which allof the movement between the bars and braces of the frame incident to thetightening and loosening of the saw is'had through a hinge, so thatthere is no movement of the tenoned joints of the parts.

' This invention consists in the combination,

with a bucksaw-frame, of two braces, the meeting ends of which areconnected, and a hinge, one end of which is connected with the meetingends of the braces and the opposite end fixed to a portion of the frame,so that a pivotal connection is had between the braces and one side ofthe frame, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1showsaside elevation of the bucksaw having my improvement appliedthereon. Fig. 2.shows a perspective view of my improvement detached fromthe saw.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

the numeral is used to indicate the sawbars and 16 of the frame andparallel with the blade 10. One end of the brace 14 is tenoned in thebar 16 about midway between the blade and the turnbuckle.

17- indicates a brace, one end of which is tenoned in the bar 16. inproximity to the up per end thereof, and the opposite end is connectedto the end of the brace 14 at the central portion of the bar 15.

18 indicates a hinge, one flap of which is interposed between themeeting ends of the braces 14 and 17, and said braces and hinge areconnected by means of rivets or bolts 19, and the opposite flap of saidhinge is fixed to the bar 15 of the frame, thus forming a flexibleconnection between said bar and the braces 14 and 17. By thisconstruction it can plainly be seen that the bar 15 will be muchstronger than in the old construction, where the braces 14 and 17 aretenoned in said bar 15. The tenon which is necessitated by the oldconstruction weakens the bar 15 at this point. By means of the saidbrace 17 all motion between the braces and the bar.

16 is prevented, and all of the movement incident to the tightening andloosening of the saw is had at the hinge 18, and hence a stronger andmore durable saw is provided.

Having thus described the device, what I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is-

An improved bucksaw-frame, comprising a side bar 15, a side bar 16, aturnbuckle connecting said bars, braces 14: and 17, and a hinge one flapof which is interposed between and connected to the meeting ends of thesaid braces and the opposite flap of said hinge secured to the bar 15,substantially as set forth.

OMAR A. ROGERS.

Witnesses:'

JULIA A. BABOOOK, ANNIE L. PUTNAM.

